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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By — Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
November 29, 2012
On a cold Christmas Day in the La Garitas in what is now Colorado, John C. Fremont, the Pathfinder, found himself and his men in a spot they called Camp Hope, a two-mile slog from their Camp Dismal of the nights before.
Thomas Breckenridge, 48 years later, recalled the menu on that Dec. 25,....